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Chico Sonido’s Tribal Guarachero Mixtape MP3

Tribal's the Mexican microgenre of rattling, cumbia-inflected dance music that emerged a couple years ago from the Distrito Federal. Dutty Artz dudes initially put us on to it in this must-read post, but it's spread far beyond its site-specific beginnings, and LA-based DJ/producer Chico Sonido's excellent Es Musica Tribal! mixtape is good evidence why. As Toy Selectah described in the linked Dutty Artz post, it's essentially Mexico's ghettotech, fusing the syncopated rhythm of the streets with an electric dancefloor hop—total party music. Tracklist after the jump.